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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Kidney Dis. 2021 Jul 23;79(3):393–403.e1. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2021.06.018

Table 1:

Demographics and Clinical Characteristics in Hemodialysis (HD)-Dependent vs Non-HD-Dependent Patients

HD-
Dependent
Non-HD-
Dependent
P-
value
n=453 n=1862
Age, median (Q1-Q3) a 57 (47,67) 60 (47,71) 0.01
Female (%) 212 (46.8) 784 (42.1) 0.08
Race (%) <0.001
  Black 347 (76.9) 484 (26.2)
  White 94 (20.8) 1311 (70.9)
  Other 10 (2.2) 54 (2.9)
Route (%) <0.001
  HAb 41 (9.1) 672 (36.1)
  CA-HCAc 412 (90.9) 964 (51.8)
  CA-NHCAd 0 (0) 225 (12.1)
DM (%) 258 (57.0) 631 (33.9) <0.001
Neoplasm (%) 26 (5.8) 434 (23.3) <0.001
Corticosteroid Use (%) 45 (9.9) 400 (21.5) <0.001
Transplante (%) 34 (7.5) 124 (6.7) 0.5
HIV (%) 11 (2.4) 55 (3.0) 0.6
Surgery w/in 30 daysf (%) 73 (16.2) 563 (30.4) <0.001
Previous Endocarditis (%) 22 (4.9) 49 (2.6) 0.02
MRSA (%) 206 (45.5) 898 (48.2) 0.3
USA300 (%) 24 (5.3) 143 (7.7) 0.09
Foreign Body Cardiac Device (%) 44 (9.7) 260 (14.0) 0.02
Foreign Body Central Venous Catheter (%) 280 (61.8) 265 (14.2) <0.001
Source of Infection Central Venous Catheterg (%) 248 (54.9) 331 (17.9) <0.001
Source of Infection Arteriovenous Graftg (%) 85 (18.8) 7 (0.4) <0.001
Source of Infection Arteriovenous Fistulag (%) 21 (4.6) 1 (0.1) <0.001
Source of Infection Non-Vascular Accessg,h (%) 98 (21.7) 1515 (81.7) <0.001

P-values marked in bold are significant.

a

Q = quartiles

b

Hospital-acquired

c

Community-acquired, healthcare-associated

d

Community-acquired, non-healthcare-associated

e

27 non-functioning kidney transplants in HD-dependent cohort and 25 functioning kidney transplants in non-HD-dependent cohort

f

Within 30 days of index positive blood culture

g

Suspected source of infection

h

Includes: abscess, septic arthritis, biliary tract, burn, arterial catheter, intra-aortic balloon pump, peripheral catheter, other non-central venous catheter, cellulitis, decubitus ulcer, dermatitis, empyema, foot/leg ulcer, furuncle, gangrene, intravenous drug use, mediastinitis, percutaneous nephrostomy, peritoneal dialysis catheter, pneumonia, sinusitis, wound, and unknown/unspecified source of infection.